n. A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry.
n. Any appetizer or snack served in the evening as part of tapas.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry; -- sometimes called also kapa.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A material much used for mats, hangings, and loin-girdles by the natives of the Pacific islands, consisting of the bark of the paper-mulberry, Broussonetia papyrifera.
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n. the thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus
n. a paperlike cloth made in the South Pacific by pounding tapa bark
Word Usage
"Bundles of bones and bundles of bones, all wrapped decently in tapa, until for all the world it was like the parcels - post department at a post office."